Birds
James David Lyrics

I once had a girl
I used to be in a romantic relationship with someone

Or should I say she once had me
Perhaps she had more control over the relationship than I did

She showed me her room
She invited me into her personal space

Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
The room was decorated with Norwegian wood, which the artist thinks is nice

She asked me to stay
She wanted me to spend more time with her

And she told me to sit anywhere
She offered me a seat in her room

So I looked around
The singer observed his surroundings

And I noticed there wasn't a chair
There wasn't a chair available for the artist to sit on

I sat on a rug biding my time
The artist made do with sitting on a rug and waiting for something to happen

Drinking her wine
The artist drank the wine that his romantic partner offered him

We talked until two and then she said
The singer and his partner had a long conversation and then she mentioned the late hour

"It's time for bed"
His partner told him it was time to sleep

She told me she worked
His partner mentioned that she had to work the next day

In the morning and started to laugh
She found something humorous about the situation

I told her I didn't
The singer didn't have to work the next day

And crawled off to sleep in the bath
The artist went to sleep in the bathtub

And when I awoke I was alone
When he woke up, his romantic partner had already left

This bird had flown
The singer's partner had left, like a bird that flew away

So I lit a fire
The singer started a fire

Isn't it good Norwegian wood?
The wood he used to start the fire was Norwegian wood, which he again found pleasant